West Virginia
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Many Medal of Honor recipients have given interviews detailing their actions which have been posted online. There are also many actual award presentations online. We have linked to these under the alphabetical listings.
For a list of recipients born in, accredited to and Medals earned in West Virginia, click here: West Virginia (updated 10 Feb 2022)
ADAMS, James F. (Civil War) Oaklawn Memorial Park (Lot 160), Huntington, WV LAT 38.4161 LON -82.3075
BENDER, Stanley (World War II) High Lawn Memorial Park (Section A, Lot 360, Grave 7), Oak Hill, WV LAT 37.9871 LON -81.1396
BENNETT, Thomas William (Vietnam) East Oak Grove Cemetery (Section S-2, Lot 167, Grave 6), Morgantown, WV LAT 39.6141 LON -79.9433
BOURY, Richard (Civil War) Parkersburg Memorial Park (First New Addition, Lot 388), Parkersburg, WV Cemetery is sometimes referred to as the IOOF Cemetery. Buried as Richard Bowry LAT 39.2793 LON -81.5488
CURTIS, Josiah M. (Civil War) West Liberty Cemetery, West Liberty, WV LAT 40.1675 LON -80.5939
GAUJOT, Antoine August (Philippine Insurection) Fairview Cemetery, Williamson, WV LAT 37.6724 LON -82.2882
HEDRICK, Clinton M. (World War II) North Fork Cemetery, Riverton, WV LAT 38.7472 LON -79.4169
HOWARD, Hiram Reese (Civil War) Lone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, WV LAT 38.8750 LON -82.1243
KELLEY, Jonah Edward High (World War II) Queens Point Cemetery (Plot 2422), Keyser, WV LAT 39.4292 LON -78.9628
KYLE, Darwin K. (Korean War) Sunset Memorial Park (Section H), South Charleston, WV LAT 38.3552 LON -81.7204
MARTINI, Gary Wayne (Vietnam) Rosewood Cemetery (Ave I, Plot 89), Lewisburg, WV LAT 37.8089 LON -80.4317
MCWHORTER, Walter F. (Civil War) Greenbrier (S.B.O.) Cemetery, Salem, WV LAT 39.2473 LON -80.5832
MOLNAR, Frankie Zoly (Vietnam) Highland Memorial Gardens (Garden of Everlasting Life, Section 18B, Grave 2), Logan, WV LAT 37.9344 LON -82.0101
NICKERSON, Henry Nehemiah (Mexico) Greenwood Cemetery (Section G, Lot 173), Wheeling, WV LAT 40.0624 LON -80.6790
POMEROY, Ralph Eugene (Korean War) At the End of the Trail Cemetery (Old Section C), Clintonville, WV LAT 37.8958 LON -80.6241
REEDER, Charles A. (Civil War) Shinnston Masonic Cemetery (Section 1, Lot 140), Shinnston, WV LAT 39.3792 LON -80.3084
SHOEMAKER, Levi (Civil War) East Oak Grove Cemetery (Section B, Lot 62, Grave 1), Morgantown, WV LAT 39.6125 LON -79.9499
SINNETT, Lawrence Clinton (Mexico) I.O.O.F. Cemetery (Section 1N, Lot 23), Harrisville, WV LAT 39.2054 LON -81.0509
SUMMERS, James Calvin (Civil War) Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery (Section 2, Row 6, Site 216), Dunbar, WV LAT 38.3874 LON -81.7553
Reinterred in Oct 2019.
THOMAS, Herbert Joseph (World War II) Sunset Memorial Park (Section H, Lot 342), South Charleston, WV LAT 38.3554 LON -81.7216
WEST, Chester Howard (World War I) Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery (Section 2, Row 4, Grave 150), Dunbar, WV. Reinterred in May 2018. LAT 38.3873 LON -81.7553
Google Maps Satelite image is not current.
WHITE, Adam (Civil War) Wadeville Cemetery, Wadeville, WV LAT 39.1504 LON -81.6341
WILLIAMS, Hershel Woodrow “Woody” (World War II). Donel C Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery (Section 2, Row 4, Lot 129), Dunbar, WV GPS LAT 38.3872 LON -81.7552
WOODS, Daniel A. (Civil War) Greenwood Cemetery (Section T, Lot 154), Wheeling, WV
Buried as Daniel A Wood LAT 40.0612 LON -80.6798
The Joseph Kimball buried in West Virginia is not the Medal of Honor recipient.